£232,000 worth of books donated to 116 primary schools in Sheffield
We donated £232,000 worth of new books to 116 state-funded primary schools across Sheffield. Children’s author Caryl Hart visited Emmaus Catholic and Church of England Primary School where the school received 200 new, high-quality and diverse children’s books as part of our Your Story Corner initiative.
Each Your Story Corner pack is worth £2,000. The purpose of our Your Story Corner donation is to help primary schools in Sheffield to develop a Whole School Reading Culture and encourage reading for pleasure.
‘Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success, more than family circumstances, parents’ educational background or income.” – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 2021
These schools in Sheffield will also have the opportunity to take part in our volunteer-led reading programme and we are looking for more reading volunteers to help Sheffield children to discover the joy of reading.
Bookmark volunteers take part in two 30-minute sessions each week across six weeks with a child aged between 5 – 10 years-old, reading stories and playing games on our secure online platform. We exist to change children’s life stories through the joy of reading.
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Sheffield author, Caryl Hart, ran an interactive session on her book Meet The Weather for children at Emmaus Catholic and Church of England Primary School which they thoroughly enjoyed! A big thank you to Caryl for celebrating our Your Story Corner donation in Sheffield.
